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Futokoro — A Deep Pocket Full of Unique Expressions
Fill Your Pocket With a Lot of Interesting Expressions Using Futokoro!
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September 7, 2021
あける, あく, ひらける,
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ひらく: Differences Between Four Different "OPEN"s in Japanese
もったいない — The Japanese Virtue of Guilt-Tripping over Wastefulness
に vs で: Which Particle To Choose
And
Why
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New Japanese Learning Resources: Spring 2021
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Japanese Books for Upper Beginners
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Is あなた Polite or Rude?
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New Japanese Learning Resources: Winter 2020
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What Should I Call "You"?
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New Japanese Learning Resources: Fall 2020
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さすが Is Not Always a Compliment
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よ and ね: What Do These Particles Really Mean to Japanese Speakers?
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New Japanese Learning Resources: Summer 2020
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は and が: What's the Difference Between These Japanese Particles, Really?
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24 Other Ways You Can Say 考える
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Beyond the Binary: A Queer Take on Gendered Japanese
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Coming Out in Japan
From Pots and Pans to Alphabet Soup: Japanese Queer Identities in Context
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Making Sense of な-Adjectives and の-Adjectives
Do な-adjectives "always" take な? The answer is の (Pun Intended).
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Aoi Ike Pond: Literally, "Blue Pond"
Visit Hokkaido's Happy Little Accident, an "Unintentionally" Human-Made Pond.
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New Japanese Learning Resources: Spring 2020
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カニの爪オブジェ: A Giant Crab Claw Sticking out of the Northern End of Japan
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